TY - JOUR AU - Núñez Medina, Gerardo PY - 2019/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Bayesian spatial modeling of adolescent pregnancy risk through integrated nested Laplace approximation in Chiapas, 2015 JF - Población y Salud en Mesoamérica JA - PSM VL - 17 IS - 1 SE - Scientific articles DO - 10.15517/psm.v17i1.37783 UR - https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/37783 SP - AB - <p>The <strong>objective</strong> of the study is to analyze the spatial distribution of adolescent municipal fertility in Chiapas during 2015. <strong>Method</strong>: from the use of estimated structural additive models through the integrated nested approach of Laplace. <strong>Results</strong>: A first model identifies the non-random spatial patterns of fertility, while a second model analyzes the effect of cofactors such as poverty, marginalization and illiteracy on the spatial distribution of adolescent fertility. <strong>Discussion</strong>: The results seem to confirm that the spaces where higher rates of marginalization, illiteracy and poverty are registered increase the risk of setting up a cluster where the adolescent fertility rates observed are on average higher than those presented by neighboring municipalities.</p> ER -